Lifting-jack



G. 0. LEOPOLD.

Lrlrtme non. APPLICATIUII FILED FEB. 23. IQLB.

G.'0. LEOPOLD.

LIFTING lAGK.

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1,343,732. meneame 15,1920.

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G. 0. LEPOLD. LIFTING lAcK. V APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, |918- 1.343,732. Mmmm 15, 1920.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3- G. O. LEOPOLD.

umm; JACK. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1918.

Patented J une .15, 1920.

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GEORGE 0. LEOPOLD, 0F PHILADELPHIA, EENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO NORTH BROS IVIFG CO., OF PHILADELPHIA, ENNSYLVNIA, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYL- VANIA. Y c I Specification of Letters atent.

Lrr'riNe-JACK.

Patented June 15, 1920.

To all tf1/1,0m t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. Liiorono, a citizen of the Unitedr States,V residingin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; have invented certain Improvements in Lifting-Jacks, of which the following is ay specilication.

My invention relates to certain improvements in lifting jacks, particularly 'those adapted for use'in connection with lifting vehicles such as automolo'iles.l

The object of my invention is to make a lifting jack which can be readily operated and which willhrmly holdvthe load in the raised position7 and which'` can be intermittently rotated through ratchet mechanism or continuously rotated as fiilly described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a side view of my improved lifting jack; Y

Fig. 2 is an end view; Fig. 3 isa view of the handle by which the jack is operated and showing the handle located in its socket and inthe ratcheting position;

Fig. 4 is a view looking` 1n the direction of the arrow; Fig. 5; with the capremoved Fig. 5 is a-sectional view on the line 5-5", Fig. 4; 1 i

Fig. 6 is ay sectional plan view on the line 646, Fig. 5;

Fig. -7 is a facewiew of the clutch sleeve showing the .pawls in position;

Fig.` 8 is a sectional view 8 3; Fig. 7 l p Fig. 9 isa perspective view of the shifting ring; l Y n Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the shifter; '11i is ay detached perspective view of the spring for the-shifter; i

Fig. 12 is a detached perspective view of the clutch sleeve;

Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the pawls; Fig. 14 is a perspective view ofthe spring for the pawlsl;A

Fig. 15l is al perspective view of the key for the clutch sleeve; v Fig. 16' is a vertical sectional view through the clutch sleeve,showing thepawls engaging the beveled extensions` of the bev-4 eled gear' wheels; y

Fig.- 17 is a sectional view on the line .17?17; Fig. 16; Y

Fig. 18 is a-Qerspective Aview ofone of on the line the beveledgears9 showing the beveled eX- tensions; Y

Fig. 19 is an enlarged sectional plan view showing the right pawl in engagement and the left pawl ont of engagement; and

Fig. 20 is a simlar view, showing theleft pawl in engagement and the right pawl out of engagement.

1 is the base of the lifting jack. 2 is the casing having a cap 3 which can be de tached so that access can be hadtov the gear-` ing. 4l is spindle having a screw thread 5 at its lower end adapted toa threaded openingin thebase and havinga key-way G for a key 7 8 is a swiveled head mounted on the end of the spindle and shaped to properly engage the axle or other part of the vehicle to loe raised hy the lifting jack.

9 is a shaft extending into the casing 2 and keyed to the'outer end of this shaft is a head 10. This head is also clamped by a bolt 11. In the head'A is a socket 12 for the reception of the end 13 of the oper` atin rod 14. In this operating rod isv a a pin 17 on the socket 12, so that when tliis eye is placed overthe pin the shaft 9 can be turned continuously by merely giving a back and forward movement to the rod. This can be used when locating the spindle of thejack in positiom'and when it is desired to use the Vratchet mechanism all that is necessary is to remove the rod andxreverse it so that the portion 13 can be slipped into the socket of the head 10.

On the inner end of the shaft 9 is a beveled gear wheel 1S which meshes with two beveled gear wheels 19 and 2O mounted to turn freely on the spindle e. The wheel 19 "has a toothed extension 21 and the wheel 2O has a toothed eXtension 22. These eX- tensions are in the form of ratchet wheels. Pawls 23 and12t, shown clearly in Fig.` 13;` are arranged toA engage these toothed eX- tensions and rock in the grooves ofthe clutch sleeve 2S7 as clearly shown in Figs; 7 and 8. Back 'of the pawls is a spring 41;' Figs. 45 and 7 which yields when the pawls eoy are rocked. The pawl 23 has a projection Y acted upon by the shifting ring 27, which in the figures and are so located as .to be slides on the clutch sleeve 2S which, in turn, is mounted on the spindle 4. VThe clutch 'sleevel is mounted between the two gear wheels 19 and 20 and the ring 27 is controlled by a shifter 29; Fig. 10; which is piv-r oted to the casing at 30 and has lugs 3l which enter the groove 32 in the ring 27. A projection 33 on the shifter extends through an opening 34 in the cap 3. rThis extension also passes through an opening `35 in a retaining spring 36,which bears against the inside ofthe cap and frictionally holds Vthe shifter in any of the three positions to which it is adjusted. When the shifter is in the normal position; as shown in Figs. 7' and 16, both of the pawlsV are in engagement with both ratchet wheels 21 and 22.

When the ring 27 is in the central position it bears upon the projections 25 and 26 and holds both'pawls out of action; as clearly shown vin Figs. 6, 8; and 17 and when the shifter is raised `then it is clear of theprojections 25 ofthe pawl 23; while it still holds the projection 26. This releases the pawl 23 andthe spring 4l forces the pawl into engagement with the'ratchet teethl as in Fig. 19.V When the shifter is lowered it is moved clear of thev projection 26 of the pawl 24;

' while the projection 25 is still held and the feeding.

spring 4l will force thepawl 24 in engage-V ment with the ratchet teeth of the wheels as in Fig. 20.; t

The key 7 isadapted to thejkeyavay 6,

Vas hereinbefore remarked, andV extends through an opening 37 in the clutch sleeve and is recessed to receive the clutch ring; as

clearly shown in Figs; 5 `and l5, andgon the upper end ofthe'spindle is a pin 38 which;

when the spindle is lowerechstrikes the key 1 7 and forces it down; carrying with it the position tothe neutral. position and throwing the-mechanism out of action;r Secured to the lower end ofthe spindle 4 is a pin 39 which projects a sul'iicient distance to engage the key 7 when in its extreme upper position and will raise the key to bring the sleeve 27 in neutral position and stop the Thescrew thread 5in the lower portion of the spindle 4 is adapted to the screw threaded opening 40 in thefupper end of the base l, shown clearly in Fig. 5; and as this spindle is keyed to the clutch sleeve it turns with'the clutch sleeve at all times,^but is free to moveV vertically, as it-isturned, and the' direction ofV movement is controlled by theshifter which moves'the clutch ring 27 up or down or into mid-position, a's desired.

By the, above construction, thespindle can be ralsed on reciprocating the shaft 19 when the'shifting ring 27 is in the raised position. The ratchet mechanism lirst engages one wheel and then the other as the shaft is Vreciprocated; causing a constant movement in' one direction.` By shifting the ring 27 then the other Vpawl is in engage ment with the ratchet wheels and the spindle is lowered by a continuous movement on the reciprocation of the shaft 9. The spindle can be raised or lowered by a short reciprocatingmotion or it can be raised and lowered by a continuous'rotary motion of the shaft v. f v y Iclaim:l Y i' 1. The combination in a lifting jack; of a base having a screwthreaded opening; a cas-V ing mounted on the base; a .spindle having a screw threaded portionextendingthroughthe threaded opening in the baseV andextending through the casing; a: clutch sleeve mounted on the spindle; a key adapted tol a key-way in the spindle so that the spindle will .turn with Vthe clutch sleeve but will be free to move longitudinally therein; a gear wheel above and below the sleeve; means for turning said gear wheels, each of said gear wheels having ratchet teeth on its hub; pawls mounted in the clutch'sleeve and arranged to engage the ratchet teeth; a shifter; and a shifter sleeve controllingthe pawls.

2. The. combination of a base having a screw threaded opening therein; a casing mounted on the base; a slotted spindle extending through the casing .and having a threaded portion adapted vto the threaded opening inthe base; ay clutch sleeve; a gear mounted aboveand below the clutchrsleeve and arranged to rotate freely-on the spindle, said gears having ratchet teeth; pawls carried by the clutch sleeve and arranged to engagethe ratchet teeth of the gears; a ring for shifting the pawls; a key extending into the slot in the spindle and extending through the sleeve and engaging the ring; and a pin onthe spindle arranged toV come in contact with the key and automatically shift thesleeve and the mechanism when the spindle 'reachesits lowest position.

3. The combination of a base having a threaded opening thereinja casing onvthe base; a spindle extending through the cas- Y ing and having a threaded portion extending through the opening in the base and `having a longitudinal slot therein.; a clutch 'it reaches its two extreme positions, the

upper pin reversing the movement o the parts and the lower pin bringing the key to its neutral position.

4. The combination in a lifting jack, of a base; a spindle and ratcheting mechanism for raising sind lowering the Spindle; a shaft for driving said rateheting Vmechanism; 2L

head on the shaft, said head having a socket and a pin; and a handle7 one end of the 10 handle being adapted t0 the socket and the other end being adapted to the pin so that the shaft can be either continuously rotated or reeiproeztted.

In witness whereof I aiiiX my signature. 15

GEORGE O. LEOPOLD. 

